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RTH
1964
8.
C. melanotus
24 June Banov, Alaska
♂ display still seen frequently + ♂♂ are still harassing ♀♀ who are flushed from the nest. In one case today - The ♂ began following the ♀ - with his tail strongly cocked, wings slightly held out from the body & perhaps partially dropped + followed behind the ♀ (who gave several rear-end ups to him - but these were not strong)
Calling ke-vaa, ke-vaa... - No other seen.
The ♂♂ given a hissing note emit, -
with head wide open, sagging throat, hay-pulsating.
25 June - Hunk 157-60 - had a footprint hole - snow group & a censoplot. One scratched male, displaying occasionally but not frequently. 3 ground - ♂♂ encounter with scraggy posture seen + 1 ♂ harmonizing - giving his